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    "ocrText": "7/16/53 - 4\nOne or two other matters. here is an exchange between Sen. Hickenlooper and myself\nwhich arose later in the course of the gruet debate that caused trouble. Sen Hicken-\nlooper talks for quite a long time. Then there was a heading in the printed text which\nis of course not part of the transcript, but the editor puts in, which says \"Ilo Plms\nto Send American Troops to Europe\". That is the editor's interpretation of the following\nexchange:\nSen. Hickenlooper goes on at the end of a long speech here 17 I believe you said\nearlier in your testimony today that it was contenplated that a great portion of the\narmament, or the developed armament, of Western Europe in the nations of this Pact would\nthat\nbe carried und r their oun weight. I presume/that refers also to the manpower in their\nan interested\narmies. da I in getting the answers as to whether or not we are expected to\nsupply substantial numbers, by that I do not mean a thousand or two, or Live hundred\nor anything of that kind, but a very substantial number of troops and troop\nman?\norganizations-mericar troops-- to imploment the land power of Western Europe pior\nto aggression. Is that contemplated under Article 3 where we agree to maintain and\ndevelop the collective capacity to resist? In other words, are we going to be expected\nto\nsend\nsubstantial\nnumbers\nof\ntroops\nover\nthere\nas\na\nmore\nor\nless\npermanent\ncontribution\nto the development of these countries' capacity to resist?\"\nSec. Acheson: The answer to that question, Senator, is a clear and absolute \"No.\"\nSen. Hickenlooper: That is sufficient. That is all, Mr. Chairman.\nNow later on under the great debate where Gen. Marshall announced that the plan\nwas to have six divisions in Europe, that we then had four and were going to send two\nmore, Hickenlooper called me up-wor I was up testifying or something or other,--and we\nhad quite an exchange which was very sharp, tempers were somewhat frayed about its\nI said what was the fact that my thought when I was saying these things, that what I was\nconcentrating on was Art. 3 of the Treaty and the obligations under Art. 3, and the\nSenator's\nquestion\nwas\n\"Are\nwe\ngoing\nto\nbe\nexpected\nto\nsend\nthese\nlarge\nnumbers\nof\ntroops?\"\nwhich I said I thought he meant, and I think I was justified in thinking it, are we"
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